[JPhillips]

I absolutely agree that a lot of students are spending too much for college. Some of that is choice, some of that is decreasing spending by state governments, some of that is too high an expectation of services, some of that is bloat at colleges, particularly in administration.

But the degree isn't a problem unless you're talking about advanced degrees. English majors not only can survive, but they can make good money in a variety of careers. We don't think of the lawyer who starts a business as having wasted their education, but for some reason we see that as a problem for the humanities major that does something outside of their college field of study.

Learn skills and you'll be fine whether that's at a four-year college, a two-year college, a trade school, whatever.

And one last point, students should absolutely go to the most expensive school if they can. Those schools are the prestige schools and having a degree from them opens doors. The bigger problem is the lower ranked , high priced schools.